Type: Public
On the web: http://www.synovus.com
Employees: 6,109
Employee growth: (4.3%)

Synovus has a nose for community banking. The holding company owns flagship subsidiary Synovus Bank and about 30 community banking divisions that offer deposit accounts and consumer and business loans in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Through more than 320 locations, the banks and other Synovus divisions provide checking and savings accounts, loans and mortgages, credit cards, insurance, private banking, wealth and asset management, and other financial services. Nonbank subsidiaries include Synovus Mortgage, Synovus Trust, investment bank and brokerage Synovus Securities, and GLOBALT, which provides asset management and financial planning services.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2010:
Sales: $1,625.9M
One year growth: (15.3%)
Net income: ($790.7)M

Officers:
Chairman: Richard E. Anthony
President, CEO, and Director: Kessel D. Stelling Jr.
COO: Allen J. Gula Jr.

Competitors:
BB&T
Regions Financial
SunTrust

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